Firenze questura: how long to wait for the permesso
How long the permesso di soggiorno takes in Firenze, from community experience. Figures are approximate and community-reported - verify with the questura itself.
Updated: - permesso.love editorial team
In brief: community data
- Fingerprints (impronte): from 6 months to over a year
- Plastic card: about 8 months
- Community-reported speed: slow (27 chat mentions)
- Region: Toscana
Wait for fingerprints
from 6 months to over a year
from filing the KIT to the impronte appointment, community-reported
Wait for the card
about 8 months
from fingerprints to the ready plastic permesso, community-reported
Quirks of this questura
The Firenze questura has a bad reputation for timelines: fingerprint dates are often given a year or two ahead, and moving them closer is nearly impossible. The permesso is often issued right as it is about to expire.
Community voices
In Firenze they only issued my permesso on the eighth month after fingerprints, literally three months before it expired.
If you have a choice and do not want to wait for years, it is best not to pick Firenze for your residence permit. They gave me a fingerprint date all the way out in 2026.
Quotes are paraphrased and anonymized; lived experience, not statistics.
What the chats say about the Firenze questura
At the questura, they also told me the fingerprint machine had broken, and they gave me an appuntamento a month later; then everything went well.
I got the permesso in the 8th month after the fingerprints and 3 months before it expired. The timing matched the visa; not the date of the fingerprints and not the submission of the kit.
Paraphrased messages from the community chats, no names; everyone's timing differs - check your status on the police site.
FAQ
How long is the permesso wait in Florence?
By community experience Florence fingerprints take from 6 months to over a year, and the card about 8 months after them; the permesso is often issued right as it is about to expire. Community-reported, check current data.
Can you move the Florence fingerprint date closer?
By community accounts it is nearly impossible: dates are given a year or two ahead and rarely get moved closer. Factor this into your visa and travel plans.
What does the community say about the Florence questura?
It has a bad reputation for timelines - the chats advise against picking Florence for your residence permit if you do not want to wait for years. Subjective lived experience, not an official rating.
How many Russians hold a permesso in the province of Firenze: ISTAT data
On 1 January 2025 Russian citizens held 965 permessi di soggiorno in the province of Firenze, #9 of the 103 provinces in the ISTAT table. In 2023: 956; 2024: 877. Across Italy Russian citizens held 47,035.
| Citizenship | 1 Jan 2023 | 1 Jan 2024 | 1 Jan 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russia | 956 | 877 | 965 |
| Ukraine | 3,990 | 3,868 | 3,854 |
| Georgia | 2,520 | 2,166 | 2,481 |
| All non-EU citizens | 100,903 | 85,970 | 89,521 |
Source: ISTAT, "Permessi di soggiorno al 1° gennaio - Provincia e cittadinanza" (dataset 29_348_DF_DCIS_PERMSOGG1_5); data at 1 January 2023-2025, retrieved 2026-09-25. Non-EU citizens only.
How long the permesso takes after fingerprints: chat data
Across Italy: 67 reports, median 45 days (first permesso 44 days over 49 reports, renewal 66 over 18). The whole way from posting the KIT to the card has a median of 214 days, over six months for 30 of 50.
- under 1 month16
- 1-2 months20
- 2-3 months13
- 3-4 months3
- 4-6 months8
- 6-9 months6
- over 9 months1
Waits read by hand in open chat messages 2022 - June 2026 (snapshot 2026-06-23); lived experience, not questura statistics. To check whether your card is ready: how to check if your permesso is ready.
How the process goes and where to check
The questura assigns fingerprints by the address on your KIT, then prints the plastic card. Track the application status on the Polizia di Stato site.
Not legal advice or official statistics - community observations across different years. Verify timing and procedure on questure.poliziadistato.it and with the questura itself.
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